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Last updated 4:30 p.m. ET on 2 September 1998.
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I'm not actually going to list family pages here
because you might as well go to Jon Shemitz's list of Homeschooling
families (see below) or take a tour through one of the
Homeschooling web rings.
Jon Shemitz's homeschooling families list.
This is not a complete list of homeschooling families who have
web pages, but it's a great place to browse. It is organized into pages by homeschooled students, homeschooling families, and homeschooling "graduates". This page connects
to Jon's other homeschooling resources pages.
Online support can take a variety of forms. I've listed a few bulletin boards and some places to read about the many mailing lists and newsletters available through e-mail.
Message Board at Kaleidoscapes.
Wide-ranging message/bulletin board, with several sub-boards dedicated to specific topics (e.g., curriculum, high school and college, unit studies). Homeschooling newbie FAQ; some excellent links.
Vegsource Homeschooling Board.
Looser format, more chatty board for homeschoolers. Some sub-boards are now available (religious, secular, swaps).
Independent Study High School Message Board.
For parents and students using high school correspondence courses (e.g., American School, Keystone). Includes links to schools.
Homeschool E-Mail Lists and Newsletters.
Homeschool Pen Pals.
A service for finding homeschooled pen-pals with similar interests. List restarted on 1 Sept 98.
Online discussion and mailing lists
from Jon Shemitz's homeschooling resource pages.
Homeschooling support on the internet.
Many different ideas for finding support online.
A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling.
An excellent collection of resources and articles on homeschooling.
High Schooling Homeschool Page
This page is maintained by a homeschooling high school student. Essays, learning objectives, FAQs, internet resources for homeschoolers.
Homeschool and college.
Cafi Cohen's excellent site on homeschooling older teens and college admissions for homeschoolers.
Home Education Magazine.
Homeschooling information and homeschooling resources pages. Sample articles from Home Education magazine; discussion boards; online newsletter also available.
Jewish Home Educator's Network.
Some Jewish and general homeschooling resources;
also FAQs, subscription information.
School is dead, learn in freedom.
Karl M. Bunday's page on homeschooling freedoms. Lots of articles on a wide variety of topics; very well researched.
Unschooling.
Links related to unschooling; list of unschooler's home pages.
The Eclectic Homeschool.
An online magazine dedicated to using a wide variety of learning materials.
Article on Jewish homeschoolers in Los Angeles.
From the Jewish Bulletin of Northern California.
Response to previous article.
Scholastic Books.
Order catalogs, write to favorite authors, schedule a book fair.
Massachusetts Home Learning Association
Practical Homeschooling Columnists.
Lots of archived articles from the Christian-based homeschooling publication.
Advance Ability.
Human Potential in Communication and Learning. Their "Learning to Read" Tour gives a lot of good information aobut this process.
Personal Learning Style Inventory.
Answer a 36-question inventory and receive your scores on the Visual/Kinesthetic /Aural scale of learning modalities.
Homeschooling on a Shoestring.
Hints for keeping the costs down.
Check out Yahoo:Education:Alternative:Home Schooling
Unit Designs.
Sample unit studies; or they will produce a customized unit study on virtually any topic.
Homeschooling Daily.
Information on homeschooling, sites, lesson plans, family living and entertainment, online unit helps, daily and weekly activities. And you've got to love that page of
chocolate links.
Free Online Unit Studies.
More than 150 curriculum units -- all sorts of topics.
Core Knowledge Lesson Plans.
Lesson plans written by a variey of teachers based on the Core Knowledge ("What Your Nth Grader Needs to Know") series of books. Plans are arranged by grade; lots of topics available.
Edison Academy Curriculum Guides.
Put together from a variety of sources, this is one family's list of subjects and subject content generally taught from Kinergarten through grade 6.
Goals 2000: Educate America Act
Complete text of the GOALS 2000 legislation.
Massachusetts Common Core of Learning.
Developed by the Massachusetts Education reform Act of 1993.
Standardized Achievement Tests
Ordering information.
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.
Standardized tests for grades 3-10 from 1997. Files to download in zipped format; answer forms and answer keys provided.
The Calvert School.
Kindergarten through eighth grade.
Keystone National High School.
A high-school curriculum alternative.
Oak Meadow School.
Curriculum (K-12), resources, list of mail-order resources.
Timberdoodle Catalog.
Products in a wide variety of subjects; reviews are fairly complete,
though they have a Christian bias. Foreign language tapes and
CDs are worth looking at.
Elijah Company.
Lots of information aobut homeschooling; online order form for their catalog.
Greenleaf Press.
History study packages.
Laurel Springs School
Curriculum, plus online classes for grades 5-12.
The Clonlara School.
Not a provider of structured curriculum; this school has a much more "unschooling" approach.
Family Unschoolers Network.
Book catalog.
Castle Heights Press.
Science materials; Christian slant.
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